2. There stood proud forms before his throne,
The stately and the brave';

But which could fill the place of one'?
That one beneath the wave.

Before' him, passed the young and fair
In pleasure's reckless train';

But seas dashed o'er his son's bright hair;
He never smiled again!

3. He sat where festal bowls went round';
He heard the minstrel' sing;

He saw the tourney's' victor crowned'
Amid the mighty ring;

A murmur of the restless deep'

Mingled with every strain',

A voice of winds that would not sleep':
He never smiled again!

4. Hearts, in that time, closed o'er the trace
Of vows once fondly poured';

And strangers took the kinsman's' place
At many a joyous board';

Graves', which true love had bathed with tears,
Were left to heaven's bright rain';

Fresh hopes were born for other years:
He never smiled again!

MRS. HEMANS.

Is there

QUESTIONS.-Relate the historical event upon which this poem is founded. How long since did it happen? Where is Normandy? any thing in earthly splendor that can soothe the suffering heart? Explain the meaning of the 3d stanza. Who are meant by "strangers" in the 4th stanza? How should the fourth line of the 2d stanza be read? (See page 29.)

Why is the falling inflection used at the word "tourney," at the third line of *the 3d stanza? (Rule II.)

N. B. All the other inflections are explained by Rules I, III, and IV. Parse "stately" and "brave" in the 2d stanza. "Poured," in the last. For what does he, in the last line, stand?

PRONUNCIATION.- Eng-land (pro. Ing-land), not Eng-lund: recog-niz'd, not re-cog'-niz'd: whole, not hull: heard (pro. herd), not heerd : glo-ri-ous, not glo-rus: min-strel, not min-strul: tourn-ey (pro. turn-y), not toorn-y.

SPELL AND DEFINE.- - Recognized, wrecked, prevailed: 2. stately. 3. murmur, restless: 4. trace, vows, strangers, kinsman, joyous.

LESSON V.

EXERCISES.- We saw a large dead fish floating. And he slew him. Every man's house is his castle. This meteorous vapor is called “Will o' the wisp." I thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of my thumb. Braid broad braids, my brave babes. We never swerved, but lost our swivel gun. Crazy Craycroft caught a crate of crinkled crabs. Where is the crate of crinkled crabs that crazy Craycroft caught?

TRUE AND FALSE PHILANTHROPY.

Mr. Fantom. I DESPISE a narrow' field. O for the reign of universal benevolence! I want to make all mankind good and happy.

Mr. Goodman. Dear me! Sure, that must be a wholesale sort of a job: had you not better try your hand at a town' or neighborhood' first?

Mr. F. Sir, I have a plan in my head for relieving the miseries of the whole world. Every thing is bad as it now stands. I would alter all the laws, and put an end to all the wars in the world. I would put an end to all punishments; I would not leave a single prisoner on the face of the globe. This is what I call doing things on a grand scale.

Mr. G. A scale with a vengeance! As to releasing the p soners, however, I do not much like that, as it would be liber ating a few rogues at the expense of all honest men; but as to the rest of your plan, if all countries would be so good as to turn Christians, it might be helped on a good deal. There would be still misery enough left indeed'; because God intended this world should be earth, and not heaven'. But, sir', among all your changes, you must destroy human corruption', before you can make the world quite as perfect as you pretend'.

Mr. F. Your project would rivet the chains which mine is designed to break.

Mr. G. Sir, I have no projects. Projects are, in general, the offspring of restlessness, vanity, and idleness. I am too busy' for projects', too contented' for theories', and, I hope, have too much honesty and humility' for a philosopher'. The utmost extent of my ambition at present is, to redress the wrongs of a poor apprentice, who has been cruelly used by his master: indeed, I have another little scheme, which is to prosecute a fellow, who has suffered a poor wretch in the poorhouse, of which he had the care, to perish through neglect, and you must assist me.

Mr. F. Let the town do that. You must not apply to me for the redress of such petty grievances. I own that the wrongs of the Poles and South Americans so fill my mind, as to leave me no time to attend to the petty sorrows of poorhouses, and apprentices. It is provinces, empires', continents', that the benevolence of the philosopher embraces; every one can do a little paltry good to his next neighbor.

Mr. G. Every one can', but I do not see that every one does'. If they would, indeed, your business would be ready done to your hands, and your grand ocean of benevolence would be filled with the drops which private charity would throw into it. I am glad, however, you are such a friend to the prisoners', because I am just now getting a little subscription', to set free your poor old friend, Tom Saunders', a very honest brother mechanic, who first got into debt, and then into jail, through no fault of his own, but merely through the pressure of the times'. A number of us have given a trifle every week toward maintaining his young family since he has been in prison; but we think we shall do much more service to Saunders, and indeed, in the end, lighten our own expense, by paying down, at once, a little sum, to release him, and put him in the way of maintaining his family again. We have made up all the money except five dollars. I am already promised four, and you have nothing to do but to give me the fifth. And so, for a single dollar, without any of the trouble we have had in arranging the matter, you will, at once, have the pleasure of helping to save a worthy family from starving, of redeeming an old friend from jail, and of putting a little of your boasted benevolence into action. Realize! Mr. Fantom: there is nothing like realizing.

Mr. F. Why, hark', Mr. Goodman', do not think I value a dollar'; no sir, I despise' money; it is trash', it is dirt', and beneath the regard of a wise man'. It is one of the unfeeling inventions of artificial society. Sir', I could talk to you half a day on the abuse of riches', and my own contempt of money'.

Mr. G. O pray do not give yourself that trouble'.

It will be

a much easier way of proving your sincerity', just to put your hand in your pocket', and give' me a dollar without saying a word about' it: and then to you', who value time' so much', and money so little', it will cut the matter short. But come now, (for I see you will give nothing), I should be mighty glad to know what is the sort of good you do yourselves, since you always object to what is done by others.

Mr. F. Sir, the object of a true philosopher is, to diffuse light and knowledge. I wish to see the whole world enlightened.

Mr. G. Well, Mr. Fantom, you are a wonderful man, to keep up such a stock of benevolence', at so small an expense'; to love mankind so dearly, and yet avoid all opportunities of doing them good; to have such a noble zeal for the millions', and to feel so little compassion for the units'; to long to free empires' and enlighten kingdoms', and deny instruction to your own village' and comfort to your own family'. Surely, none but a philosopher' could indulge so much philanthropy and so much frugality' at the same time'. But come', do assist me in a partition I am making in our poorhouse, between the old,' whom I want to have better fed', and the young', whom I want to have more worked'.

Mr. F. Sir, my mind is so engrossed with the partition of Poland, that I cannot bring it down to an object of such insignificance. I despise the man, whose benevolence is swallowed up in the narrow concerns of his own family, or village, or country.

Mr. G. Well, now I have a notion, that it is as well to do one's own' duty, as the duty of another' man; and that to do good at home', is as well as to do good abroad'. For my part, I had as lief help Tom Saunders' to freedom, as a Pole or a South American', though I should be very glad to help them too. But one must begin to love somewhere, and to do good somewhere; and I think it is as natural to love one's own family, and to do good in one's own neighborhood, as to any body else. And if every man in every family, village, and county, did the same, why then all the schemes would meet, and the end of one village or town where I was doing good, would be the beginning of another village where somebody else was doing good; so my schemes would jut into my neighbor's; his projects would unite with those of some other local reformer; and all would fit with a sort of dovetail exactness.

Mr. F. Sir, a man of large views will be on the watch for great occasions to prove his benevolence.

Mr. G. Yes, sir; but if they are so distant that he cannot reach them, or so vast that he cannot grasp them, he may let a thousand little, snug, kind, good actions slip through his fingers in the meanwhile and so, between the great things that he cannot do, and the little ones that he will not do, life passes, and nothing' will be done.

ANONYMOUS.

QUESTIONS. If we wish to be useful, where must we begin? If every one acted upon this principle, what would be the consequence? Are those, who make great professions of enlarged philanthropy, always sincere? How did Mr. Fantom prove his insincerity? How do such persons generally pass through life?

What is the rule for the different inflections upon the contrasted words “millions" and " units;" "kingdom," and " village," and "family;" "philanthropy" and "frugality?" What kind of emphasis is that called, which is here applied? What is the rule for the rising inflection upon the negative sentence ending with "dollar? (Rule VI, 2§, Note.) Point out those words in this lesson, to which Rule VI, for inflections applies. What examples of relative emphasis are there on the first page of this lesson?

N. B. A number of words used antithetically in this lesson, and marked with the rising and falling inflections, may, with equal propriety, be read with the circumflex, such as, " units and millions," "own and another," "home and abroad," &c.

For what does "they" in the last paragraph stand? Which are the adjectives in that paragraph? Compare each of them. Which are the nouns in the same paragraph? Will you spell the possessive plural of each of them? How is the possessive case, plural number of nouns generally formed?

ARTICULATION. U-ni-ver-sal, not u-ni-ver-s'l: be-nev-o-lence, not be-nev'l'nce: man-kind, not man-kine: mis-er-ies, not mis'-ries: lib-e-ra-ting, not lib'-ra-tin: van-i-ty, not van'-ty: hu-mil-i-ty, not hu-mil'-ty: phi-los-o-pher, not philos'-pher: ut-most, not ut-moce: pros-e-cute, not pros'-cute: friend, not fren: op-por-tu-ni-ties, not op'-tu-ni-ties: nat-u-ral, not nat'-ral.

SPELL AND DEFINE. - Universal, miseries, prisoner, vengeance, restlessness, philosopher, apprentice, provinces, business, realize, artificial, sincerity, diffuse, enlightened, frugality, insignificance, schemes, local, reformer, dovetail, exactness, occasions, benevolence, grasp, actions, meanwhile.

The Teacher is reminded, that, in defining words, that meaning is given which is appropriate in the connection in which they are used. He is advised, also, to adopt the same rule in defining the words appended at the close of each lesson.